Of two evils…
September 11th, 2006 by timelady
…choose neither.
The US Government is seeking to allow torture (sorry, they call them ‘alternative interrogation procedures’) of suspected terrorists as a justifiable way of extracting information, without fear of reprisal for any agents who carry out such acts.
Bush plan on interrogations of suspected terrorists
Torture as an election ploy - being hard on terrorism
We have already removed rights from suspected terrorists trapped in Guantanamo Bay without usual legal recourse. An insightful interview on Enough Rope with the court appointed military lawyer, Major Michael Mori, who believes passionately in justice, and the application of law to all, guilty or innocent (mp3 or transcript).
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘US’ AND ‘THEM’?
None. None at all.
“In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me —
and by that time no one was left to speak up. ”
